Speeding Ticket

[coldcrush]

Two traffic patrol officers from North Berwick were involved

in an unusual incident, while checking for speeding motorists on the

A-1 Great North Road .

One of the officers (who are not named) used a hand-held radar device

to check the speed of a vehicle approaching over the crest of a hill,

and was surprised when the speed was recorded at over 300mph.

The machine then stopped working and the officers were not able to reset it.

The radar had in fact latched on to a NATO Tornado fighter jet over

the North Sea , which was engaged in a low-flying exercise over the

Border district.

Back at police headquarters the chief constable fired off a stiff

complaint to the RAF Liaison office.

Back came the reply in true laconic RAF style.

'Thank you for your message, which allows us to complete the file on this incident. You may be interested to know that the tactical computer in the Tornado

had automatically locked on to your 'hostile radar equipment' and sent

a jamming signal back to it. Furthermore, the Sidewinder Air-to-ground

missiles aboard the fully-armed aircraft had also locked on to the

target. Fortunately the Dutch pilot flying the Tornado responded to

the missile status alert intelligently and was able to override the

automatic protection system before the missile was launched'.

[smartecosse]

lol

A1 is the only road I ever seemed to get nicked on for speeding

great road for bikes though